diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index e317e83..09f1bf5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+1.6.0 (2016-01-07)
+------------------
+
+- Stopped using render_to_response so that other template engines work
+  [tarkatronic]
+
+- Improved performance & DoS prevention on query2str
+  [tarkatronic]
+
+- Immediately return from is_already_locked if the user is not lockable
+  [jdunck]
+
+- Iterate over ip addresses only once
+  [annp89]
+
+- added initial migration files to support django 1.7 &up
+  [ibaguio]
+
+- Add db indexes to CommonAccess model
+  [Schweigi]
+
 1.5.0 (2015-09-11)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 436aec1..ad65f9a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = '1.5.0'
+VERSION = '1.6.0'
 
 setup(
     name='django-axes',